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My hometown USL Championship team unveiled a new third kit today: In my opinion, the hype graphics with the players posing with military vehicles and stuff kinda left me underwhelmed with the final kit design. While the colors are inspired by the US Army colors from the old Fort Ord base, there's no official explanation for the actual patterns on the kit (Morse code, Humvee tires?). I tried to ask them on Twitter for some clarifying questions on the pattern, but I haven't heard back yet Many people online have also compared this kit to New Mexico United (I am excited about this Legacy Collection they're starting out, though; I'm lowkey hoping they might reach out to me )

Northwest Division Forest Grove SC Forest Grove, Oregon Championships: 0 DETAILS:

I was struggling with the color scheme until I had that very same thought: Gotta give this team a dangerous and radioactive color scheme. That's when Springfield's volt yellow was born! I reserve the NOB for a notable person from each location but at your request, here's a version with a notable person from fictional Springfield! --- After a busy stretch at work and some artist's block, I finally have the next team for y'all! Northwest Division St. Johns SC Portland, Oregon Championships: 1 Quite possibly the last real-life team I include in the Oregon League, here's a heavily-rebranded incarnation of the NPSL's St. Johns FC (who used to have literal marijuana leaves on their crest) DETAILS: A shoutout goes to @vtgco whose St. Johns-inspired Portland Timbers home kit concept served as a springboard for this team's identity

Thanks so much, my friend! I appreciate it! --- The inevitable Simpsons reference! Central Division Springfield Isotopes SC Springfield, Oregon Championships: 0 DETAILS: Also, a shoutout to @Green27 for the tidbit about the Springfield Creamery and the Grateful Dead!

Glad you liked Pendleton and Roseburg! To improve the NOB legibility on the home kit, I went ahead and added a brown outline as well as removed part of the blanket pattern on the back: Thanks for the helpful feedback! --- North Division Sunnyside Sunbreaks Happy Valley, Oregon Championships: 0 DETAILS:

Thank you very much! --- Starting off the second half of the Oregon League with Roseburg! South Division United Roseburg SC Roseburg, Oregon Championships: 0 This crest was repurposed from a concept I pitched for a real-life redesign of Deportivo Rose City in Portland that unfortunately got scrapped DETAILS:

The orange shorts were definitely a last-minute change from the original brown shorts, and you're totally right that it looks better with brown! EDIT 3/15/23: At the suggestion of @mcrosby on Twitter, the crest has been redrawn so that the soccer ball is underneath only the horse's front feet. The kits have been updated accordingly!

East Division Pendleton Cowboys Pendleton, Oregon Championships: 0 DETAILS: --- Now that we're halfway through the Oregon League, here are how the league's crests look all together: Still got plenty of teams and cool ideas left, and I'm still open for any suggestions that anyone may have for the remaining 25 teams

Thanks so much! Let's just say that Brookings is a sunnier version of Brighton & Hove Albion --- North Division Milwaukie-Lake Oswego United Milwaukie/Lake Oswego, Oregon Championships: 1 DETAILS:

Here's the southernmost team in the Oregon League! South Division Brookings SC Brookings, Oregon Championships: 0 DETAILS:

Thanks so much! I definitely tried having a primarily-yellow back for the Astoria clash, and I promise you it didn't look great While I personally prefer the gold herons and stripes for the Chehalem home, I made a version where those are light blue just for you! Your Adidas link didn't work, so I hope I assumed the placement of the Icarus logo correctly I'm glad you liked all these other teams! That's an...interesting Sounders kit I tried the Klamath clash in tan instead of white, but the tan ended up muddying the look of a kit that I wanted to keep as crisp as the lake. As far as Mt. Hood's crest is concerned, the slightly lopsided diamonds are actually intentional so that the diamonds fit the curved shield better (I couldn't make a good shield with straight-on diamonds). Thanks for the thorough feedback as always! --- Northwest Division Multnomah Athletic Club Portland, Oregon Championships: 11 In a world without the Portland Timbers, the real-world Multnomah Athletic Club has taken over neighboring Providence Park to field the most dominant team in the Oregon League DETAILS:

Happy to see another state-level soccer league on these boards, and I appreciate the shoutout! May I ask what program you're using to make these concepts? You've got some solid designs with great rationale here, and I'm excited to see what else you make for Alabama!

Looks like we already got ourselves a fan culture! It's gonna be a really rowdy area, with neighboring Pendleton being home to a rodeo --- Staying close to the Columbia River for this next team... North Division Mt. Hood SC Sandy, Oregon Championships: 0 DETAILS: Here's the YouTube video that I reference on the clash kit explainer: Peter Dibble has some excellent mini-documentaries about Oregon history, and I'm definitely referencing another one of his videos for a future team

With this pointer in mind, I decided to change the dark blue clash to a white kit with the same pattern: Thanks for the feedback! --- The second food-related team of the East Division! East Division Hermiston Town SC Hermiston, Oregon Championships: 1 DETAILS:

Thank you so much! You know, I definitely caught that numbering error on Illustrator but forgot to re-export that image file with the number 19 Someone on Twitter suggested that I revisit the home kit gradient to better connect the kit design, so here it is with the gradient starting as a dark blue at the top and a light blue at the bottom (instead of the other way around):

Staying in the South Division for the next team! South Division SC Klamath Falls Klamath Falls, Oregon Championships: 0 After the relocation of the original SC Klamath Falls in the California Soccer League in 2017, a new Oregon League team has taken its place with a completely different identity but with the name of the defunct CSL team DETAILS:

Thank you so much! Here's a version of the AC Chehalem Valley home kit with a centered crest: The template I've been using is this ancient but versatile template by @raysox from 2015 --- The other real-life team (kinda) in the Oregon League... South Division Eugene United Eugene, Oregon Championships: 1 In this universe, the real-world Lane United FC has merged with the fictional Eugene SC. Also, a shoutout to @Green27 for suggestions for the Eugene team as well as the two remaining Lane County teams! DETAILS:

Staying in the Northwest Division, here is one of the very few real-life teams in the Oregon League! Northwest Division AC Chehalem Valley Astoria, Oregon Championships: 1 I'm in touch with AC Chehalem Valley's founder, and he gave me the blessing to give his team a men's side for this league! He also provided me with the heron graphic drawn by Richard Miller of Calyx Design DETAILS:

Seeing that the necktie was the elephant in the room, I decided to ditch the Fort Astoria shape entirely and replace it with a simple oval with a redrawn Astoria Column: DETAILS: Thank you everyone for the feedback, and I'll have another team in the Northwest Division up this weekend hopefully!

Glad you liked Yaquina Bay! That crest definitely look a while to make because of all the intertwined elements Speaking of which, I changed the clash kit to have a more striped contour instead of a color block one: I really appreciate the support, my friend! --- Northwest Division Fort Astoria SC Astoria, Oregon Championships: 0 DETAILS: ORIGINAL NECKTIE VERSION: I've only watched part of "The Goonies" once in grade school a very long time ago, so I'm open to any suggestions for a better Goonies-inspired kit

You got it with the Prineville home kit edits: I didn't know T2 was going through a rebrand, I'm excited to see what they do. I'm glad you liked the Hillsboro team, I had a really good time putting that one together! Thanks so much for these kind words, I'm really glad you're enjoying the leagues!!! Researching the local details for these teams really helps me learn about my new surroundings, and inspiration is definitely everywhere! --- I know the Central Division is disproportionally represented (the fifth team!) in the first 15 teams of this league, but several trips to Newport in the past week have given me plenty of inspiration and motivation for this next team... Central Division Yaquina Bay SC Newport, Oregon Championships: 0 DETAILS:

Northwest Division Hillsboro Semiconductor SC Hillsboro, Oregon Championships: 2 DETAILS:

Aw man! That'll be quite the smelly (or flavorful) matchup! I didn't add red to the collars for the Marion home kit because it would've overlapped with the sash border; the bit about the purple outline was definitely intentional, and I'm happy you caught that! The tasty designs are definitely fun to make, and there will still be some more down the road! These are extremely helpful suggestions, and I'll be sure to look into all of these for the remaining Lane County teams. Thank you very much! (On a side note, Ninkasi was definitely one of the places I applied to during my recent job search ) --- Staying east of the Cascades for just a little bit longer for this next team! East Division Prineville 1870 Prineville, Oregon Championships: 0 DETAILS:

Thank you so much! I actually got the inspiration for these hyper-specific state leagues from @-kj's 2015 League du Nord series! After seeing the cool work he did for Minnesota teams, I went ahead to make teams in California and now Oregon Seeing you're from Eugene, is there anything you would like to see for Lane County's three remaining teams? I have a Simpsons theme in mind for Springfield, but I'm wondering if you have any [non track-related] ideas for Eugene and for Cottage Grove. Any ideas would be very appreciated! Thanks so much y'all! I'm glad that I was able to accurately capture the style of Latin American soccer design with Woodburn's team --- Happy New Year everyone! My first design of 2023 is a trip all the way to the Idaho border for The Oregon League's easternmost team: East Division Ontario SC Ontario, Oregon Championships: 0 DETAILS: A big shoutout to @-kj's onion-themed Eagan FC team for helping shape Ontario's look

Thanks so much!!! Thank you, I really appreciate it! The Gorge's home kit did originally have the green stripe continue below the numbers (like Salem's clash), but I decided against it. I went ahead and tweaked the back of the home kit so that it flairs outward now: --- Completed Salem's geographic rival as my last design in 2022, but didn't have time to post it here until now! Central Division Club Atlético Marion Woodburn, Oregon Championships: 1 DETAILS: